Beware of this parking ticket rip-off in Alhambra, police say

Police are warning Alhambra residents that scammers have despatched out faux parking tickets to fleece them out of $53.

Five residents reported to police on July 30 that they acquired tickets in a single day for road sweeping violations, police Sgt. Michael Montano mentioned.

The residents questioned the validity of the tickets as a result of road sweeping doesn’t usually happen throughout nighttime hours in residential areas, he added.

The faux ticket instructs the recipient to scan a QR that sends them to a fraudulent web site the place they’re required to pay a $53 fantastic, police mentioned. None of the residents who reported the rip-off to police have scanned the QR code and paid the fantastic.

Any quotation issued by the town doesn’t embrace a QR code, Montano mentioned.

The faux tickets have been despatched primarily to the southeast portion of the town and have been issued in a single day on July 29 or within the early morning hours of July 30.

Police aren’t conscious of whether or not the rip-off is going on in different cities.

Investigators requested anybody who has acquired the faux ticket or has info that can result in the folks chargeable for the rip-off to name the Alhambra Police Traffic Section at626-570-5119.